Delighted to find that my psychological thriller, “It Can’t Be You” continues to feature in the rankings of books under the “Suspense” category in Flipkart. It currently ranks 143 out of 19,668 titles in this category. It is now available with a 10 % discount. You can order the book here. Continue reading “143 on Flipkart’s Suspense List”
Tag: thrillers
I was delighted to accept an invitation to do a book reading for members of iBrowse, a book lovers club in Bangalore, India where I live. They have a laudable system where they invite authors to speak about their books.
Today I write about a few blog posts that caught my attention. They were informative to me and added to my knowledge and perspective on topics I would like to follow. The first one was an interview with Barry Eisler in the New York Observer. Mr. Eisler speaks of how he views the future of publishing. Continue reading “What Caught My Attention”
GFG2G4CUKZFE The countdown has begun. The timer at the National Novel Writing Month website showed me when I saw it last that are 27 days 4 hours left for the kick-off. Starting, November 1, thousands of people from all over the world will set out to write 50,000 words during the calendar month of November 2011. I am as excited as most others would be. Continue reading “NaNoWriMo 2011”
Do you remember the old game of Bingo? It was awfully popular during my childhood. We waited with bated breath while the announcer called out the numbers and we scrambled to see if they appeared on our sheets. We tried to win prizes for “Top Line”, “Quick Five” and many more with the Full House being the ultimate prize.
As a debut author, to me it seems it was just the other day that my psychological thriller “It Can’t Be You” was released at Crossword in Bangalore where I live by author and corporate honcho, Subroto Bagchi. Actually considerable time has flown since that evening in November 2010.
Thanks to a tweet by K M Weiland, I was pointed to this fascinating interview in Writer’s Digest. Two masters of writing thrillers- Ken Follett and David Morrell speak of the craft of writing thrillers. They are household names and need no introduction to those interested in the thriller genre. Continue reading “Learning from the Masters”
As a thriller fan and now a writer myself, S has to be for Suspense. “Suspense” is defined as a state of mental uncertainty or excitement. This is what thrillers are about. Continue reading “S for Suspense”
Psychology has been a subject which has never ceased to fascinate me. Though the human mind is so complex, distinct patterns of behavior emerge when we study why individuals act and speak in the way they do. This in spite of the unique individuality that each of us possesses. Continue reading “P for Psychology”
Do you remember some stories from your childhood which have stuck in your mind? For me, one such was the infamous Lindberg kidnap murder case. I read about it in the 60s, possibly in the Reader’s Digest, though I can’t vouch for that. It made a huge impact on me. Continue reading “K for Kidnap”
